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seabeyond

(110,159 posts)
32. lol... never darlin' just playing in the exploration of...
Thu Feb 13, 2014, 10:54 AM
Feb 2014

i am saying... empathy is something i do. i can do that. stuff where we are trying to give to others, i cannot do. like pity as in the person is a pitiful person. that is what i do not do.

self empowerment. individually we all get to own our own power to be who we are and what we want to create. it is not my job, nor do i want to do another person. i am busy with me. so, i take care of me, and leave others to do themselves. it does not mean i cannot address, discuss and think about behaviors... explore thought, it just means i cannot give to another. which we cant. if we do, it is only cause someone allowed and took.

for example. being called emotionally damaged. this is why i always, always say no. no one gets to create me as that. i verbally, out loud reject it. yet, some people might say, ya... and then they have allowed another to define them. no one can define us, but, we can allow others to define us.

Frederick Douglass was wise. defacto7 Feb 2014 #1
seems to me there is a problem because these Broken men Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2014 #2
I have trouble believing they don't see it BainsBane Feb 2014 #3
It is a function of character and compassion rather than gender. yes. Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2014 #4
"Regardless of what happened, Dylan is the abuser now." Who could say something like that? redqueen Feb 2014 #6
Here BainsBane Feb 2014 #8
Ugh, sick. redqueen Feb 2014 #9
Days later, I remain stunned BainsBane Feb 2014 #10
saying such a thing, defending such a thing, blame a couple people regardless the # seabeyond Feb 2014 #11
Completely transparent. nt redqueen Feb 2014 #12
It is incredible. redqueen Feb 2014 #13
No, redqueen. It is Not that they Don't care, it is that they see Nothing Wrong with it. Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2014 #14
Ugh, goddess.... I hope that's not true. redqueen Feb 2014 #15
and that is how it should be redq. interesting where you and tues are going. seabeyond Feb 2014 #18
Oh yeah, I know how much hostility some on here harbor for you. redqueen Feb 2014 #20
They look and, they like and, they wish it was them. seabeyond Feb 2014 #16
step further, i think it is a right. i think with the net, in so many ways, seabeyond Feb 2014 #17
Agreed on all counts wryter2000 Feb 2014 #7
and i am thinking about this and the replies. interesting. seabeyond Feb 2014 #5
see what you started lantern, ..... ? thank you. tis fun. nt seabeyond Feb 2014 #19
What sea said... redqueen Feb 2014 #21
Rec-ing this because: Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2014 #22
i do not agree. seabeyond Feb 2014 #23
hmmm ... maybe semantics at work here. Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2014 #25
words matter to me, hence me clarifying on that. seabeyond Feb 2014 #27
people have a field day with this conversation, Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2014 #28
exactly. and no.... seabeyond Feb 2014 #30
years ago i was making choices that people could easily look at me with pity. seabeyond Feb 2014 #24
because You are AWARE< sea. Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2014 #26
yes. i can do empathy. empathy is my action, not giving to another. seabeyond Feb 2014 #29
you calling me out, sea? - Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2014 #31
lol... never darlin' just playing in the exploration of... seabeyond Feb 2014 #32
their perception of you ... Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2014 #34
it certainly is not my place to say if another has or not, though. nt seabeyond Feb 2014 #36
agreed on this. you can be the mirror but, they can still be blind. Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2014 #39
am tellng you... this conversation s all n ruiz four agreement. seabeyond Feb 2014 #33
thanks for reminding me. No, I have not read. Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2014 #35
since i am all that in packaging and using a post office now.... seabeyond Feb 2014 #37
ha. my i button is getting stuck. now what do i do. lol. nt seabeyond Feb 2014 #38
oh woman. Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2014 #40
iiiiiii thought so, too. lol. nt seabeyond Feb 2014 #41
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